Ya know….lately I have been feeling some kind of a way. Sad, but not completely sorrowed. Angry, but still able to laugh at life. Heartbroken, but grateful for what will never be. I feel peace in my soul, but in the midst of that is a passioned fire that runs deep causing me to feel every revolution in and outside of myself. I know that change is needed in this world and carry the burden of still hands that are not yet part of making those changes happen. I am not one to ever pretend that I have it all together and I think that is okay. All I know tonight is that I am feeling some kind of way……
Praying Too Much
I know that this is going to sound like a contradiction considering that my last post was about praying, but sometimes I think that people pray too much. As I scroll down my Facebook newsfeed, I read how people are praying about this and praying about that, but these are the same people who do so much dirt to others. How do I know? I know, because I have been a recipient of some of the deceit that has gone forth from these praying folks. The good thing is that we all acknowledge prayer as a change agent, but when are we going to change? When are we going to become a just one facet of what we are praying about? Okay you pray, wow….you look really holy…BUT when are we going to be holy? Great, you are praying for someone who hurt you or someone that you just don’t like…but you can’t pray for someone and still wish that they get their Karma. As a matter of fact if you doing that then you should probably be praying for your own wicked heart. Another thing that just kills me is that some people don’t believe in God, but when they need something for themselves or their children, they request that someone pray for them? Well, if you don’t believe in God…who exactly do you think is going to consider or even answer your prayer? That is a whole other post about how God is NOT a Band-Aid for you to pick up and use when life gets rough. God is about relationship and he wants a relationship with you. Which takes me back to praying…..sincere, heartfelt prayer is powerful and should not be taken for granted but at some point in time we have to become the compassion, healing, the understanding, the deliverance, and the strength that we pray.
A Church Prop
The picture below is a traditional pulpit. It is not a prop, it is not a weapon by which people can be destroyed by being preached on rather than inspired by the Word of God. This pulpit is not a place to play dictator to those who trust you for healthy leadership. This is not the edifice by which to womanize or draw people into what you are NOT only to leave them broken while you continue to bring deliverance to others and just leaving the very people that you hurt for spoils. We are now living in a time where people think that being a minister or pastor is hereditary rather than an actual calling from God. Just because your grandfather’s grandfather’s grandfather on both sides of the family were both pastors does not necessarily mean that you should be. This pulpit is an entrusted place. It is sacred and unfortunately far too many in and out of the pulpit have forgotten that. I am not saying that the person that stands behind this has to be perfect, but can we at least say that we are yielded and acting according to God’s perfecting power? Only the people that stand before this and stand behind this can bring the reverence back to what this really is and until that happens people are only going to see a piece of wood, a bookrest, a prop…..not a place of power by which the Word of God is delivered and people are transformed.
May God be with us all….
